MEP Giving Back
Mission Essential Personnel is proud to serve its customers and its country, but we also serve the local populations in the areas we work, both in the US and abroad. Our people are deployed around the globe with the goal to enable human freedom wherever we are. Enabling freedom isn’t an assignment; it’s a way of thinking, a philosophy. Whether providing linguist support and cultural advising or giving school supplies and clothing, MEP is giving back to those who need it.
NCUSAR Afternoon With Mrs. Cherie Blair
In January 2012, MEP sponsored the National Council on US-Arab Relations’ (NCUSAR) discussion with Mrs. Cherie Blair, wife of former British PM Tony Blair. The event was attended by representatives from government, academia, non-profit groups, industry, and several foreign nations to discuss women and human rights issues relating to the Middle East and Africa.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association
In November 2011, MEP joined in sponsoring the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association annual gala in New York City where Stephen Colbert spoke and Marine Corps vet Aaron Mankin was honored with the 2011 Veterans Leadership Award.
Pelotonia
In August 2011, MEP sponsored a team of bikers participating in Pelotonia, which raises money to support cancer research at The Ohio State University. Six employees from MEP's Columbus office rode a combined 500 miles through Ohio, raising more than $10,000.
Center for a New American Security
In June 2011, MEP was the platinum sponsor of the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference. Hosting a variety of experts, CNAS examined how the United States can manage global risk and seize opportunities in a time of growing economic constraint. Featured topics included the rapidly evolving Middle East and the new phase of the conflict in Afghanistan.
American University of Afghanistan
In September 2010, MEP made a gift to the American University of Afghanistan, the nation’s only independent, private, not-for-profit, non-sectarian, co-educational institution of higher learning. This gift will provide full tuition, room, and board for six students at AUAF. Two of the scholarships are designated for women.
Charity Golf
In May 2011, MEP cosponsored two charity golf tournaments: Max Muscle Virginia Celebrity – benefiting the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation – and Special Forces Association Chapter 90 – benefitting Fisher House, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, and Purple Heart Homes. In July 2011, MEP also sponsored the Military Intelligence Corps Association charity golf tournament.
Afghan Literacy Foundation
In April 2011, MEP delivered 21 boxes of medical textbooks and other items from Columbus, Ohio, to Kabul University on behalf of the Afghan Literacy Foundation, which collects and distributes books and other learning materials to families and schools in Afghanistan.
Veterans Campaign
In February 2011, MEP co-sponsored a workshop for the George Washington University's Veterans Campaign, a non-partisan, non-ideological training program aimed at preparing veterans to run for public office.
ASBC Holiday Charity Bash
In December 2010, MEP sponsored the American Small Business Coalition's annual Holiday Charity BashTM for the Amercian Freedom Foundation, which supports wounded troops and the families of troops killed in action during Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
Veterans First
In October 2010, MEP’s Volunteer Corps staged a fundraiser for the Veterans First Foundation, which helps Columbus-area vets with a variety of needs. MEP raised enough to finance the organization for another year.
Clothes Drive
In November 2009, MEP conducted a clothing drive starting in Columbus, OH, and ending with Afghan children enjoying new, clean clothes (handed out by local Afghan leaders and MEP linguists).
Eid
Every year, MEP honors the traditions of Islam and Afghanistan’s local population by hosting dinners to celebrate Eid festivities, marking the end of Ramadan. (These pictures are from September 2009.)
Wounded Warrior
In September 2009, MEP served as the Elite Sponsor for the Central Ohio American Charities (COAC) Wounded Warrior Project "trap shoot" at the Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware, Ohio. Because this type of event is not physically demanding, it allows people with various disabilities to participate - some call this particular event "shotgun therapy" .
Clothes drive #2
In June 2009, the MEP Recruiting department collected 16 boxes of school supplies and toys for a needy Afghan school.
